America's Opioid Addiction

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 15, 2019

Beth Macy, reporter and the author of, now out in paperback, Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America, tells the story of the opioid crisis.

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